timmer: ideas

Increasingly, e-mail is yesterday’s messaging platform,” said Carmi Levy, technology analyst at AR Communications Inc., adding that the medium has become flooded with spam, forcing users to spend lots of time clearing out junk messages and making sure that spam filters haven’t mistakenly directed legitimate messages to the garbage bin. “[With social networks], you don’t just connect in static manner, you connect in a dynamic manner - you’re taking part in a community.